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Are coral reefs victims of their own past success?

As one of the most prolific and widespread reef builders, the staghorn coral Acropora holds a disproportionately large role in how coral reefs will respond to accelerating anthropogenic change. We show that although Acropora has a diverse history extended over the past 50 million years, it was not a...

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Main Authors: Renema, Willem, Pandolfi, John M., Kiessling, Wolfgang, Bosellini, Francesca R., Klaus, James S., Korpanty, Chelsea, Rosen, Brian R., Santodomingo, Nadiezhda, Wallace, Carden C., Webster, Jody M., Johnson, Kenneth G.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27152330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500850